On Wed, 10 Jul 2002 18:13:25 kilopascal wrote: >2002-07-10 > >Who is Milton Friedman? Sounds like one of those "American Economists", who >were predicting the Euro's downfall since its inception in 1999 and have >been wrong each and every time. Just wishful thinking on their part. > Agreed! ;-)
>Maybe in 5 years it will be the US that will disintegrate and the dollar >with it, leaving the EU to be the sole supreme power on this earth. Ditto... > Think >this is far fetched? Not if you are a religious fanatic and believe in the >predictions of the Bible for the end times. > Now, here, my friend, please be careful. Believing in the Bible is not necessarily indicative of being a 'religious fanatic'!!... >If there is to be a confederacy in Europe that is to have supreme power in >the last days, then the US must go. The real fun will be to see who is >right. > And on this I don't think there is any indication in Scriptures as to where it will go. Anything we may say here would be wishful thinking. I, personally, would say that US power may indeed wane a bit (not militarily) and that, certainly, Europe's role in world politics and economy will grow. The euro, though, IMHO will also certainly become stronger than (maybe) even the dollar! Marcus >John > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Metric US" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Wednesday, 2002-07-10 17:27 >Subject: [USMA:20929] Unbelievable arogance > > >> Today on Euronews it was reported that Milton Friedman has expressed his >prediction that the EU together with its common currency the Euro will >desintegrate within 5 years. >> >> I assume he also expects the metric system to desintegrate with it. Is >this why they pushed the EU to postpone it's metric only labelling >resolution until 2010? >> >> Unbelievable! >> >> >> >> -- >> __________________________________________________________ >> Sign-up for your own FREE Personalized E-mail at Mail.com >> http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup >> >> Save up to $160 by signing up for NetZero Platinum Internet service. >> http://www.netzero.net/?refcd=N2P0602NEP8 >> >> > > Is your boss reading your email? ....Probably Keep your messages private by using Lycos Mail. Sign up today at http://mail.lycos.com
